LotR oc name workspace since I keep changing things
Essë: “Heir of Two Houses”. I have an idea for it (Attanossion) but I’m not sure I’m totally set on it yet. Spelling is probably the most questionable part, the pieces are there but it just feels longer than normal for Quenya names. Named for their grandfathers’ houses since Ingwë and Oromë are both so important to Ingwion (and Liltanor too). Liltanor’s feelings toward this name are tied to their feeling of belonging; they like it and use it less and less over the years as they grow more alienated from society, and by the time they arrive in Beleriand they don’t use it at all.
Amilessë: Liltanárë, “Dancing Flame”. I’m pretty sure this is all in order but I like this name enough that I don’t care if it’s not. Sort of based on Nielíqui’s original association with dancing + Liltanor’s fiery hair, but also more metaphorically to do with Liltanor constantly changing shape like a flame does. This is where the name “Liltanor” comes from.
Cilmessë and Valarin name: I’m not super interested in cilmessë tbh, but I am interested in them having a Valarin name, and their cilmessë would be connected to that name. Thinking I might play with the idea of the Quenya culu/kulu (“golden-red”) coming from the Valarin tuluk/tulukh (“golden”). They don’t super matter in the grand scheme of things because very few people would have used them in Valinor and they aren’t used at all in Middle-earth.
Epessë: Hrávahin, “Wild Child”. This is what they are most commonly called in Valinor by those close to them, simultaneously teasing and affectionate.
Liltanor is the most commonly used name. “Lilnor” might be the better Sindarization but it’s also unpleasant so. No. Anyone who actually knows them as a person/knows of them as a person uses this name, but they end up collecting myth/folklore names across different languages as not everyone figures out that the weird red cryptid is Liltanor.
Carnathal (“red guest”) is the Sindarin name for the weird red fairy/spirit/cryptid that shows up all over Middle-earth. “Guest” is a sort of euphemistic way to emphasize that this is a being Not From Here (wherever “here” is) and that you have to be nice to this being Or Else. Sometimes people who do actually know Liltanor (and that they shapeshift) will still call them Carnathal in a teasing way, but it’s also treated as a sort of formal name/title in Gondor (Boromir calls them this until they get more familiar).
